Anyone throwing their money away on plastic bottles that are thrown away after one use? The bottled water phenomenon has certainly gotten out of hand. Of course I was impressed this summer to find that S, A and family have all bought reusable water bottles for their daily drinking needs.
Here's a little bit more information. (Okay, I'm cheating a little bit here because this is information from an NGO which I'm a member of, but still, very good information):
"Americans consumed more than 31 billion liters of bottled water in 2006 – nearly 28 gallons for every man, woman, and child. Manufacturing all those bottles required 900,000 tons of plastic and emitted as much greenhouse gas as 500,000 cars! Trucking a bottle of water 500 miles can double its climate impact – and some are shipped much, much farther."
The NGO recommends finding yourself a nontoxic, reusable water bottle and, if local water quality requires it (most don't - in fact, up to 40% of bottled water is simply repackaged tap water), a water filter. They even provide a link: Center for a New American Dream
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